document.write( "Question 1021624: For the experiment of drawing a single card from a standard 52-card, find the odds in favor of not drawing a heart or a 7.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #637377 by fractalier(6550)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since this is an \"or\" problem, we can do it this way... \n" ); document.write( "P(not heart or not 7) = P(not heart) + P(not 7) - P(not heart and not 7) \n" ); document.write( "= 39/52 + 48/52 - 51/52 = 87/52 - 51/52 = 36/52 = 9/13 \n" ); document.write( "We could have looked at the reverse and subtracted from 1 of course... \n" ); document.write( " |